![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Chris Laing, Mystery Writer, Art Waves #171
When Chris Laing says his debut novel, A Private Man, features 1947 Hamilton as a character, he's not kidding. He does a stunning job of bringing that version of the city to life. For a delightful trip into the Hammer's past, tune in. After all, what better way to revisit 1947 than by radio? It will make you want to extend your visit through Laing's book!
Keywords: 1946 Stelco strike; Mayor Sam Lawrence; Evelyn Dick trial; Rocco Perri; Pigott Building; Margaret Houghton; Elmore Leonard; Martin Cruz Smith; Nelson de Mille; Renni Browne & Dave King; Stephen King; Nat King Cole; Ella Fitzgerald
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| Waheed Rabbani & Jean Rae Baxter, Art Waves #176
Two more In the Wings writers visit Art Waves to tell us about two more incredible women. Jean Rae Baxter takes us to the Mohawk Valley to learn about Molly Brant, who, among other things, spies for the British against the American rebels. Then Waheed Rabbani takes us to the 19th century Kingdom of Jhansi in India, where a brave young queen, Rani Lakshmibai, goes to battle to save her kingdom from the British.
Keywords: Linden MacIntyre; the United Empire Loyalists; the Mohawk Valley; Howard Fast; Elizabeth Simcoe; St. George's Cathedral in Kingston; Sir William Johnson; Mirza Ghabib; Lord Dalhousie; Stephen King; The Indian Rebellion of 1857; Rani Lakshmibai; Molly Brant
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| Joe Girard, Art Waves #177
Joe Girard is a writer, musician and singer, actor--well, simply put, he is a creator. "The Changeling" is the most difficult story in In the Wings, because it is a true story of the abuse and murder of a wife by her husband. But it is brought to incredible and compassionate life in the hands of a major talent. Hold your breath, but do listen to Art Waves #177 with Joe Girard.
Keywords: Attack of the Night of the Brain Thieves; Tolkein; George R.R. Martin; Stephen King; Chuck Palahniuk; Travis Sentell; Aimee Bender; Weird Al Yankovic; Bobby McFerrin; Tom Waits; Kanenhi:io; Oven Bird; Ben Caplan & the Casual Smokers; deathh folk; dyslexia; Frank Miller; Cllive Owen; Neil Gaiman; Alison Bechdel; Osamu Tezuka; Tsugumi Ohba; Alan Moore; Allan Briesmaster; Christian Bok; Czeslaw Milosz; Michael Moore; Frances Ward; Andy Goldsworthy; Edward Gorey
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